OVATION HIGH FIDELITY: Their 1701 power amplifier

They tell us ….. Ovation High Fidelity, a Norfolk UK based audio company, has announced the release of the Model 1701 Stereo Power Amplifier. Featuring a fully symmetrical Current Mode Topology (CMT) circuit design, low 10 parts per million distortion levels and 93 dB signal to noise ratio, the Model 1701 delivers 100 Watts RMS […]

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STUDIO: The synth that made the music: 10 artists whose sound was defined by the EMS VCS3

“The product of a revolutionary group of thinkers in sound, electronics and computation who came together under the banner of Peter Zinovieff’s Electronic Music Studios (EMS), the VCS3 was the answer to the financial upkeep of Zinovieff’s one-of-a-kind Putney based music studio which housed one of the first privately owned computers in the world. In […]

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TANNOY VINTAGE DOZENS FOR SALE

FIRST … Please read the important statement at the foot of this page. Thank you. —//— LEGACY ARDEN … https://www.hifi-forsale.co.uk/moreinfo.php?prod_title=Tannoy_Legacy_Arden_Loudspeakers_New_in_2022&p=speaker&prod_id=108925&offset= PRESTIGE TURNBERRY GR … https://www.audioemotion.co.uk/tannoy-prestige-turnberry-gr—new-in-september-2021-27524-p.asp GRF … https://reverb.com/item/65374299-tannoy-grf-1980s-wood?gspk=SGlmaXNoYXJrLVJldmVyYg%3D%3D&utm_campaign=Hifishark-Reverb&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=partnerstack-legacy KENSINGT0N SE … https://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/121945471/tannoy-kensington-se-speakers.html?affil=awin&utm_content=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hifishark.com&utm_term=Comparison+Engine&utm_source=AWin-536903&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=AffiliateWin&awc=5834_1676637929_1936f4e222fdee007768a225504730fa TD12 B… https://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/120895009/tannoy-td12.html?affil=awin&utm_content=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hifishark.com&utm_term=Comparison+Engine&utm_source=AWin-536903&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=AffiliateWin&awc=5834_1676637995_7d75cf3723267bc2739ee42cece83431 LEGACY EATON … https://www.hifi-forsale.co.uk/moreinfo.php?prod_title=tannoy_legacy_eaton_loudspeakers_plus_atacama_slx300&p=standspeaker&prod_id=108865&offset= BERKERLY … https://reverb.com/item/59976662-tannoy-berkeley-1970-s-wood?gspk=SGlmaXNoYXJrLVJldmVyYg%3D%3D&utm_campaign=Hifishark-Reverb&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=partnerstack-legacy PRESTIGE GOLD REFERENCE … https://www.hifi-forsale.co.uk/moreinfo.php?prod_title=Tannoy_Prestige_Gold_Reference_SuperTweeters_Ex_demo&p=speaker&prod_id=108467&offset= EATON LEGACY … https://www.audiounion.jp/ct/detail/used/196651/ LANCASTER 15 MONITOR GOLD […]

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PROAC / Response vD48: News

The D48 went into production following a year of intense research and development. Areas of improvement have been midrange detail and a cleaner, faster and more extended bass response. A studio monitor quality bass driver was designed for the D48 which features a special impregnated cone and mid frequencies tuned by a cap of greater […]

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SUGDEN: Masterclass FPA-4 Power Amplifier

They say ….. The FPA-4 power amplifier is the latest member of the Sugden Masterclass Family. This output stage is of the classic Sugden pure class A single ended design which has given musical satisfaction to thousands of discerning music lovers over many years. The amplifier benefits from a comparator and correction circuit so that […]

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SUGDEN: Their Optima Phono Stage (MM/MC) – user comments

I bought this well respected phono stage as a stop gap earlier this year. I fancy trying something else so this needs to go to help fund it. There’s not a lot on the web about these but everything you do find it positive. I can’t tell you much about the specs I’m afraid. Patrick […]

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BOOTHROYD STUART MERIDIAN: The remarkable 601 pre-amp

In case you didn’t know, these fantastic unit do come up from time to time BUT please note (a) this is one of the most flexible yet complicated unit I have encountered in over 40 years which means (b) you must have the special control unit remote because many functions that cannot be easily accessed […]

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ALPHASON: Titanium tubed arms – HR100S or a Xenon?

I’d always fancied one of Alphason’s titanium tubed arms like the HR100S or a Xenon. The HR100S tends to be quite expensive (too much for a punt anyway) and I can’t say I’ve ever really heard one at its best as they mostly tend to have been wired with the horrible vdH cable throughout. A […]

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AUDIO INSIDER

AUDIO CABLES: There are any number of ways to maximize the sound of cables.This multi-gauge method is but one.

PS AUDIO / Paul McGowan If you had a chance to read my post of several days ago titled The Bypass Cap you might have been thinking it was about headwear. Or, you might have gotten my analogy of using a super tweeter to augment a standard tweeter. Here’s another for you. If you were to take […]

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SUGDEN: Masterclass LA-4 Pre-amplifier

They say ….. A high quality active pre-amplifier featuring a host of inputs and outputs. The LA-4 makes a perfect combo with either the Masterclass or Sapphire power amplifiers. High-end touches include gold plated circuit boards, relay switching of all inputs and output and a sophisticated class A output stage. The LA-4 is a high […]

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FOOLISH: Audio items that we were silly to sell

I was just thinking to myself about the great bits of kit iv’e had over the years. Some i was glad to see the back of and some i bitterly regret parting with. Of the amplifiers i have owned over the years the Beard CA506 pre and P100 MkII are by far the ones i […]

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CASTLE: Clyde speakers test review

Howard Popeck ….. In the early 1980s at Subjective Audio Ltd I took a pair of these in part exchange against a pair of Lentek Monitors, transmission line; a Bert Webb design. Those Lenteks, an overlooked ‘classic’ were exceptional and a substantial upgrade in both performance and cost (and size) to the Clyde’s. Those Clyde […]

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